Daeheungsa Seosandaesatap, Haenam

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1347

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

조선시대(1647년경)

Designated year

2002

Location

해남군, 전라남도— 전남 해남군 삼산면 구림리 산8-6번지

Coordinates

34.476497, 126.613886

Set up in honor of Monk Seonsan, this stupa (height: 270cm) is composed of the platform, the body, and the stupa finial. The top of the octagonal platform is decorated with eight lotus patterns facing downward. The stone inserted between the body and the platform is inscribed with animal images. The front part of the body shows three characters 淸虛堂 (pronounced cheongheodang, which is Monk Seosan’s pen-name). The roof stone has roof tile channel and double eaves, which are used in wooden architecture. The use of a dragon head-shaped ornament instead of a flower-shaped one at the end of the roof hip is an extraordinary example of the architecture of that period. The stupa is presumed to have been built around the time the nearby monument for Monk Seosan was built, i.e., 1647 (the 25th year of King Injo’s reign). The diverse shapes of the ornamentation expressed in many parts are unique ones, the likes of which are not found in others of its kind.

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